§ 602.1302

602.1302 State funding. 1. Except as otherwise provided by sections 602.1303 and 602.8108 or other applicable law, the expenses of operating and maintaining the judicial branch shall be paid out of thegeneral fund of the state from funds appropriated by the general assembly for the judicialbranch. State funding shall be phased in as provided in section 602.11101. 2. The supreme court may accept federal funds to be used in the operation of the judicial branch, but shall not expend any of these funds except pursuant to appropriation of the fundsby the general assembly. 3. A revolving fund is created in the state treasury for the payment of jury and witness fees, mileage, costs related to summoning jurors by the judicial branch, costs and feesrelated to the management and payment of interpreters and translators in judicial branchlegal proceedings and court-ordered programs, and attorney fees paid by the state publicdefender for counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A. The judicial branch shalldeposit any reimbursements to the state for the payment of jury and witness fees and mileagein the revolving fund.

defender for counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A. The judicial branch shalldeposit any reimbursements to the state for the payment of jury and witness fees and mileagein the revolving fund. In each calendar quarter the judicial branch shall reimburse the statepublic defender for attorney fees paid pursuant to section 600A.6B. Notwithstanding section8.33, unencumbered and unobligated receipts in the revolving fund at the end of a fiscal yeardo not revert to the general fund of the state. The judicial branch shall on or before February1 file a financial accounting of the moneys in the revolving fund with the legislative servicesagency. The accounting shall include an estimate of disbursements from the revolving fundfor the remainder of the fiscal year and for the next fiscal year. 4. The judicial branch shall reimburse counties for the costs of witness and mileage fees and for attorney fees paid pursuant to section 232.141, subsection 1. 83 Acts, ch 186, §1302, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 197, §11; 87 Acts, ch 152, §2; 95 Acts, ch 207, §23; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §46; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §43; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2005 Acts, ch 107,§6, 14; 2005 Acts, ch 165, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1141,

ch 197, §11; 87 Acts, ch 152, §2; 95 Acts, ch 207, §23; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §46; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §43; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2005 Acts, ch 107,§6, 14; 2005 Acts, ch 165, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §15; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §23, 93 Referred to in §622A.3, 815.11Local court property devoted for use of judicial branch; §602.11107 Sat Dec 23 11:14:23 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.1302 (24, 0)